Obsessions
May 17th 2011 07:39
The thing about life that I have learnt over the 20 years of my life is that people go through phases. Most people call it phases but I like to call it obsessions. They can be very long - over years possible several decades while some only last for a few weeks.
I use the term obsession very loosely. As it can manifest in any shape or form. It can be easily interpreted as relationships. Especially those that you seem to cling to. For example if you're in a relationship you basically most of the time with this one person, you basically do everything together. You start liking things they like, do the things they like to do and the next thing you know you have become a green tea drinking mellow hippie or nine-cups-a-day coffee drinking adrenalin junkie. And you break up you move on to your next obsession.
Other people have other obsessions which more the conventional meaning of obsession. Like people who collect stamps or watch Korean Dramas.
Sometimes obsessions can be very short lived such as reading a book so intensely that normal functioning such as eating and sleeping is put on hold until you have finished your chapter or even book. So this is actually why I even started thinking about obsessions in the first place. I recently re-discovered my love for books. For some odd reason I felt like buying books and reading them. I guess I must of gotten sick of watching TV all day and blogging as well so I moved on. This was ways to keep me entertained for hours and essentially waste time. An older sister would simply say that it was a waste of time and I should spend my time doing things that are more productive like getting more spiritual. And although she has a valid point but sometimes it's fun to escape from the world, distract yourself from the mundane existence.
Moving away from that, the thing about having a obsession with books its like having minor obsessions every time you start a new book. You get in to the book, you start to engage with it's characters, the world it has created and you start to think about even when you are not reading it. Such as day dreaming through class or work. Or you actually dream about it while you sleep and discuss it with other people. Lately I read the book Bossypants from Tina Fey and now I'm a little Tina Fey crazy. I want to get back to watching 30 Rock or watch old Sarah Palin impersonations and even rented out her movie Date Night although I haven't yet seen it. I'm even tempted to watch youtube clips of Tina on SNL.
As you can see anything in life can be considered a obsession, like the time you wanted to be a musician therefore you committed hundreds of dollars into piano lessons. Or the time you thought leggings was a fashionable alternative to pants (and by the way they are not) so all you wore were leggings even if it was freezing or boiling outside.
Now can you see why I think relationships are like obsessions - your world revolved around this one person for a long time. You breathed, ate and slept thinking about them.
Sounds a lot like a university degree. But sometimes you need a break, sometimes all you need is to move away and step back and breathe air without your obsession and chillax without the obsession.
I use the term obsession very loosely. As it can manifest in any shape or form. It can be easily interpreted as relationships. Especially those that you seem to cling to. For example if you're in a relationship you basically most of the time with this one person, you basically do everything together. You start liking things they like, do the things they like to do and the next thing you know you have become a green tea drinking mellow hippie or nine-cups-a-day coffee drinking adrenalin junkie. And you break up you move on to your next obsession.
Other people have other obsessions which more the conventional meaning of obsession. Like people who collect stamps or watch Korean Dramas.
Sometimes obsessions can be very short lived such as reading a book so intensely that normal functioning such as eating and sleeping is put on hold until you have finished your chapter or even book. So this is actually why I even started thinking about obsessions in the first place. I recently re-discovered my love for books. For some odd reason I felt like buying books and reading them. I guess I must of gotten sick of watching TV all day and blogging as well so I moved on. This was ways to keep me entertained for hours and essentially waste time. An older sister would simply say that it was a waste of time and I should spend my time doing things that are more productive like getting more spiritual. And although she has a valid point but sometimes it's fun to escape from the world, distract yourself from the mundane existence.
Moving away from that, the thing about having a obsession with books its like having minor obsessions every time you start a new book. You get in to the book, you start to engage with it's characters, the world it has created and you start to think about even when you are not reading it. Such as day dreaming through class or work. Or you actually dream about it while you sleep and discuss it with other people. Lately I read the book Bossypants from Tina Fey and now I'm a little Tina Fey crazy. I want to get back to watching 30 Rock or watch old Sarah Palin impersonations and even rented out her movie Date Night although I haven't yet seen it. I'm even tempted to watch youtube clips of Tina on SNL.
As you can see anything in life can be considered a obsession, like the time you wanted to be a musician therefore you committed hundreds of dollars into piano lessons. Or the time you thought leggings was a fashionable alternative to pants (and by the way they are not) so all you wore were leggings even if it was freezing or boiling outside.
Now can you see why I think relationships are like obsessions - your world revolved around this one person for a long time. You breathed, ate and slept thinking about them.
Sounds a lot like a university degree. But sometimes you need a break, sometimes all you need is to move away and step back and breathe air without your obsession and chillax without the obsession.
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